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A TTOHNE YS 'O 'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.'

i WILLIAM B. HAMPTON, OF PEGGY, MISSOURI.

PLANTER.

To all teh/m, it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, WILLIAM B. HAMPTON,

`a citizen of theUnited States, and a resident -I ratus, and has for itsprincipal objects the provision of means for simultaneously plantingdifferent kinds of seeds'.

The invention consists in the various features and combinationshereinafter described and more particularlyv claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specication, in which similar characters of referenceindicatelcorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a top plan view of one embodiment of my invention. Fig. 2 isan enlarged vertical sectional ldetail on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.yIFig-3 is a horizontal sectional detail on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig.4 is an enlarged transverse section on the ine 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 isa horizontal sectional detail on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is asection on the line 6 6 of Fig. 4, and Figs. 7 and 8 show in top planother feed-plates' than that illustrated in Fig. 5. Fig. 9 is a sectionon the line 9 9 of Fig. 6. l

I have shown a frame 10, provided near its forward end with cross-bars11. It is mounted upon an axle 12 and wheels 13 13 and has a suitabledraft device 14. This ortion of the apparatus need not be particularlydescribed, it being arranged in a manner common in corn-planters.Supported near the outer extremities of the cross-bars are base-plates15 15, upon each of which is mounted a hop er 16, divided into tworeceptacles 17 an 18 by a vertical partition 19.

. Reference being now had to but one of these hoppers, the receptaclesmay be of any relative size, that numbered 17 being here shown aslarger. From the base within each of the receptacles rises a circularprojection, these being designated by the numerals 20 and 21 in thereceptacles 17 and 18, respectively.

' Through each projection is an opening 22,

registering with an opening 23 in the base. About the outside of eachprojection and extending somewhat above it is an annular flange 24, andsituated within these flanges and resting upon the projections arevcircular Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed December 4,1905. Serial No. 290,140.

y Patented Nov. 6, 1906.

held against lateral displacement by spindles .f 27, extending upwardlyfrom the projections at their centers.y About each of the lfeed-platesis an annular series of openings 28, any one of which may be turned intoreg- 6o istration with the opening in the associated projection. -At theperiphery of each feedplate is a projection` 29 and an oppositedepression 30 for coperation, respectively,

-`with a depression and projection upon operating-rings 31 and 32,surrounding the projections 20 and 21 and being supported by thebaselate.

Carrie by'lugs 34, projecting into the hopperfromits sides are bottomplates 35,having 7o openings from the edges of which flanges 36 dependwithin the o erating-rings.` Mounted at the edge of and above each ofthe bottom plate openings is a housing 37, the lower edges o whichextend into proximity with the upper surfaces of the feed-plates.Pivoted in each housing is a detent 38, provided with a projection whichmay engage each of the orifices in the seed-disk 28 during the rotationthereof for the purpose of eject- 8o ing-the seed therefrom. In advanceof the detent projecting 4from the under side of the housing close tothe feed-plate is a deflectingspring39, which directs to one side theseeds strikin it, thus causing only those which are wit in the openings2,8 to be delivered to A the re istering opening.

Eac operating-ring'31 has formed upon its periphery bevel-gear teeth 40,with which mesh pinions 41, fixed upon op osite ends of 9o anoperating-shaft 42, j ournale in the frame beneath the base-plates ofthe hoppers. This o erating-shaft is shown as rotated by the ax ethrough sprocket-gearing 43. Bg

. this means when the planter is in motion eac 9.5

operating-ring, and therefore its feed-plate 25, is continuouslyrotated, causing the opening in the latter to deliver the 'seeds withinthe receptacle 17 of the hop er to the openings 22. The shaft 42 alsobevel-gear 44, cooperating with a bevel-pinion 45, fast upon a shortshaft 46, j ournaled in a bracket 47, rising from the frame. At theopposite end of the shaft 46 from the pinion is secured a crank-disk 48,joined bya link 49 1o 5 to an operating-bar 50, extending parallel tofeed-plates 25 and 26, which may be further 55 as fixed to it a 16o jtion of which will be hereinafter described. Articulated to theoperating-bar are links 52 52, which extend in opposite directions tocrank portions 53 of rock-shafts 54, journaled in brackets 541a adjacentto each of the hoppers. Each rock-shaft also has an upper crank portion55, and pivoted upon each of these are pawls 56 57, separated by asleeve 58. These pawls project upon opposite sides of ratchet-teeth 59,formed upon the ring 32, and coperating therewith to alternately rotatethe ring in one direction upon the opposite strokes ofthe rock-shafts.The pawls are shown as held in contact with the ratchetteeth lbyleaf-springs 60, mounted upon the base-plates of the hoppers. This feedmechanism acts to intermittently bring the openings in each of thefeed-plates 25 and 26 over the openings 22 in its base projection todeliver the seed thereto, as in the companion hopper-section. j

The openings 23 in each base-plate are comparatively close to oneanother, and surrounding them is a funnel 61 common to both, whichdelivers to a chute 62, extending downwardly into proximity to ytheground. The lower end of the chute lies between the divided end of anopening-share `63, which for-ms a furrow in which the seeds are to bedropped. Each of the shares may be carried by arms 63a, rejecting fromthe under sides of the crossars. The levers or valves 51 are fulcrum'edupon the outsides of the-chutes and have angular end portions 64extending over the delivery ends thereof to serve as a cut-off or valve.

In growing some crops-for example, corn-it is advantageous to raise acovercrop with it, this being preferably some such legume as cow-peas.When the peas are planted with the corn, they do not make rapid growth,and therefore do not interfere with the cultivation of the main crop gbut after the corn is laid by the peas 'grow and during the d-ry seasonprotect the ground from the sun, conserve the moisture, and prevent thegrowth of weeds. After the corn erop is harvested the peas can be eitherused for pasture or gathered and the tops and roots turned lunder toincrease the supply of nitrogen. This operation of double planting isperformed with great ease by my improved apparatus. The corn may belaced in the receptacle 17 and the peas in t e receptacle 18, and as theplanter is driven through the -lield both seeds are simultaneouslydelivered to the opposite chutes, thus sowing two rows with both kindsof seed. The reciprocation of the 'operating-bar which eects therotation of the feed-plate 26 also oscillates the levers 51 across theend of the chutes, controlling their delivery. The proportion of the twoseeds may be varied by .providing a' set of plates 26, in which areopenings of dif- 6 5 ferent forms adapted to receive different ratus.

numbers of the peas. In Fig. 8 a circular opening a is illustrated, thisreceiving, say, a single seed. In Fig. 5 the opening b is elongated andwill take two seeds, while in Fig. 7 a triangular opening c is shown,which will deliver three seeds.

It will be obvious that with my planter the labor of double sowing willbe in no wise greater than in single sowing, and this result is securedwithout complication of the appa- It should be noted that all parts ofthe feeding mechanism are readily accessible without the removal of thehopper, since the bottom plates may be raised from their.supporting-lugs and the operating-rings and feeding-plates separatelywithdrawn. If it is desired to use the apparatus for planting but onekind of seed, this may be effected `by disconnecting the links actuatingthe feeding mechanism on the hopper-section 18.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A pea-planter attachment for cornplanters,comprising a feed-plate, an operating-ring provided with ratchet-teethencircling the feed-plate, a stud-shaft, a disk thereon provided with awrist-pin, a link connected with the wrist -pin, a reciprocating baractuated by the link, rock-shafts upon either side of the stud-shaft, alink connecting one arm of the rock-shafts with the reciprocating bar,pawls connected with the other arm of the rock-shafts and engaging theratchet-teeth of the ring whereby to rotate the same, and means forrotating the studshaft.

2. A pea-planter attachment for cornplanters, comprising a feed-plate,an operating-ring for the feed-plate, a stud-shaft, a disk thereonprovided with a wrist-pin, a link connected with the wrist-pin, areciprocating bar actuated by the link, a rock-shaft at the side of thestud-shaft, a link connecting one arm of the rock-shaft with thereciprocating bar, means connected with the other arm of the rock-shaftfor operating the feedplate, and means for rotating the stud-shaft.

3. A pea-planter attachment for cornplanters, comprising a feedingdevice, a studshaft, a disk thereon provided with a wristpin, a linkconnected with the wrist-pin, a reciprocating bar actuated by the link,a rock-shaft at the side of the stud-shaft, a link connecting one arm ofthe rock-shaft with the reciprocating bar, means connected with theother arm of the rock-shaft for operating the feed-plate, and means forrotating the stud-shaft.

4. The combination with the corn-planter, of the pea-planter attachmenttherefor, and comprising a feed-plate, a stud-shaft, a disk thereonprovided with a wrist-pin, a link connected with the wrist-pin, areciprocating bar actuated by the link, a rock-shaft at the ITO side ofthe stud-shaft, a link connecting one arm of the rook -shaft with thereciprocating har7 means oonneetedwith the other arm of the rook-shaftfor operating the .feedlate,

5 and means connected With the corn-p anter l Witnesses:

for rotating the stud-shaft. IRA A. CARR,

,In testimony whereof I have signed my B. ECOLEMAN.

Iiame to this specication in the presenee'of4 two subscribing Witnesses.

WILLIAM B. HAMPTON.

